Auto Rifles & Shotguns Nerfed In New Destiny Patch

Today’s Destiny patch is making a lot of little changes that may make a big difference in the way you play, especially if you’re into PVP. The biggest of which is the drop of the Auto Rifle’s damage and the range reduction of the shotgun. Other changes include buffs to the scout rifle (they may actually be worth using now), along with other various tweaks to other weapons. See the full patch notes below.

Summary

The most recent hotfix (1.0.2.2) for Destiny goes live on October 14th. This hotfix includes a number of changes to weapon balance across archetypes (e.g., lowering Auto Rifle effectiveness and increasing Scout Rifle damage output), specific weapons (Vex Mythoclast and Pocket Infinity) and includes a number of fixes to issues with the Templar encounter in the Vault of Glass.

We’re still working on a larger update which will address under-performing Exotics and overall class balance.

General

Fixed a bug where the Valkyrie-O5X Ship was the same as the Aurora Lance

Classes

Titan

Unbreakable: Fixed an issue with the perk granting more agility than intended